#494E16#494E16

#494E16 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.077 H 114.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494E16
RGB	rgb(73, 78, 22)
HSL	hsl(65, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(65, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 71.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.63, -10.55, 31.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.63, 32.92, 108.70°)
OKLab	oklab(40.7% -0.0317 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(40.7% 0.077 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.6170, 6.9233, 1.7993)
Luminance	0.0692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494E16 #1B164E

analogous

#4E3716 #494E16 #2D4E16

triadic

#494E16 #16494E #4E1649

tetradic

#494E16 #164E37 #1B164E #4E162D

square

#494E16 #164E37 #1B164E #4E162D

split-complementary

#494E16 #162D4E #37164E

monochromatic

#161807 #1C1E09 #494E16 #767E23 #A2AD31

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#494E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#494E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494E16

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494E16	1.00	8.81	2.38	8.81
#FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544A0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544B1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4943

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 78, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.077 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7f57',
    500: '#494e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494e16;
$custom-light: #7e7f57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.357,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40699,
    "c": 0.07727,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494E16

secondary

#413A85

accent

#49DF56

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE9

border

#C9C9C5

text

#0A0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494E16

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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